Postmarking-machine.



P. J. MADIGAN & I. REHAK.

' POSTMARKING MAGBNE.

nymonlox FILED JUNE 5, 1911.

1,039,560, Patented Sept. 24, l92.

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P. J. MADIGAN E J. RBHAK.

PSTMRKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE5, 1911.

1,039,560, Patented Sept.24.1912.

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fffffzm P. J. MADIGAN & J. REHAK. POSTMARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1911. 1,039,560, Patented Sept. 24, `1912.

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P. J. MADIGAN.& J. REHAK. POSTMARKING Mmmm;

APPLICATION FILED JUNEB, 1911.

1,089,560. Patented sept. 24, 1912 ze a I a l l we 9 P. J. MADIGAN & J. RBHAK. POSTMARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE5,1911.

1,039,560. atented Sept. 24, 1912.

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LATES PATENT MADIGN'-AND JAMES REHAK, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOS.

PSTMBKING-MACHINE i ,f er; Tieren lil/Limoni:

ons ot thev United ago, in the county of have invented Timproveniente in Whieh the followis aifeeription, reference being had to t panning drawings, forming a part ference in the dilerent figures oit' oniiinvcntion is to provide 1'le lheap,eem Het and effective postand @ence ng machine preferably he opera i by hand and so conl as to cause prope registration beth?. inail'giece 1d marking die and h mention between Ll e die and the imri, g cession relier that saistaetory impression Y be inade upon each inail-niece While the impression roller rom being e lo Contact 'with the die`wlien no ieee is passing. l. -o these and other subsidiary ends, our

" s the combination of eleparticularly depoin'ed out in the `nioociyinig `he Jfeatures machine being sup hieh is broken away. t ereoiv shown from the lbeing represented in ig. 3, is a front elevaniaehine, the supporting table' in transverse section. Fig. Ll', is lew in detail et' the impression ion ol" the supportingarin upon d mounted and part of in long/iti. linal vertical secseetional `view thereof,

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nil View 'fier-Jed Speeiication of Letters )Patent Application filed Enne 5, 1911.

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Patented Sept. 24,1912. serial No. 631,408. i

viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown, Fig. l0, is a plan view of a portion of said plate, ll, ie a plan View of the machine with portion of the supporting table, Fig. l2, is a sectionalv View in plan taken upon the line ll-, Fig. l. Fig. 13, is a perspective view of portion of one of the plates of the separating'inechanisrn, and Fig. il, i s a like viewv ofa supple- .from whence it is curved downwardly to unite with the plate 2 as shown at 7, thereby forming a partial housing `for the die wheel as hereinafter described. lxtending' forward from the part 7 is an open box-like receptacle comprising a bottoni 3, a side Wall 9 and a front Wall l0, for receiving the canceled 1nail-pieees- A. boss l1 is formed upon the plate 2, to which is secured a horizontal wrist-pin l2, which forms a` bearing for :1 combined feed and die-Wheel 13. Said Wheel preferably cast in the forni of a hollow cylinder and its Width is such that one-halt' may be nscd for the marking die and the other for fecdine the mail-pieces. The feeding portion is of somewhat larger diameter than that to which the die is secured and has formed therein la con-y tinuous peripheral groove ll, in a part of which is inserted a feedingl element While the remainder may either he left open or be` provided with a filling* l5, of leather or other friotional material' preferably arranged to project,- slighlly beyond the adja cent vertical surfaces, as indicated in dotted lines.

Formed in the rim `ci? the t'eed portion of the Wheel Within the groove lil, are openings 16, shown in' full lines in. Fig. 7 and in dotted linee in Fig. l, through which 'is passed a belt 17, of india rubber or other suitable iirictional material, said hell; being arranged to lie partiallywithin the groove lli, but being of sufficient thickness to eX- 'tend beyond the periphery of the Wheel as clearly shown in Fig. l, the remaining portien of the groove being left open, or if prerosaeec The operation of said machine is as tollows: IThe inail-pieces 2l, are placed upon the feed-plate (3 with their forward ends abutting against the inclined wall 20, as shownin Fig. 8, and pressed downwardly by the hand ot the operator. The crank 7l is then turned, which causes the friction surtace .l5 to act upon the tace ot' the lowerincst inail-piece to advance it in the direction ot' movement of' the periphery ot' the inain feed-wheel. This action causes the end of said piece to be brought into Contact with the obliquely disposed lingers (32 o't the separating plate, which is lifted thereby against the action ot' the spring 58, to perniit said piece to pass while the other pieces are held back. The lowerinost piece is thus `i'dvanced until its end contacts with the timing iiiger 67, oy which it is arrested and held until said finger is lifted by the action of the roller 72 upon the cani arm 73. rl`he mail-piece, beingr thus released, is advanced until the enit passes beneath the pressure or ieced roller 25. in engagement with the latter it is also brought into contact with the trip-linger ein, which is pushed forward thereby against the action ot' the spring 43. This action causes the eccentric 3G to be rotated upon its axis thereby :ulvancingthe lower portion forwardly and downwardly until lthe periphery ot the roller is wedged against the-fwtnlail-piece, thereby pressing the latter against the die 11), The feed surface or belt 1 7, being located adjacent to the die, the action ot the two is simultaneous and, hence a more positive feeding action is exerted upon the inail-piece at the time when the greatest resistance occurs. lWhen a mail-piece is inarlred it is moved forwardly and 'falls into the receptacle at the front. v'ihen the rear end of the mail-piece passes from beneath the tripstinger 45, the iinpre. sion roller is restored to its normal position out of contact with the die-wheel. In the construction as represented in Fig. l, we have shown but one die and one feed belt 17, but provision is made as shown for attaching a secondar die and feed belt opposite to those descri ed, as well as for a fric tion roller for actuating the timing stop. Such a construction would enable two mail pieces to be marlied with each revolution ot the main wheel. lVe prefer, however, .when the ,machine is driven by hand to use but a single die.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is l. ln a ost-marking machine, the com ination with a wheel mounted upon a horizontal axis, said wheel having a marking die upon its periphery and a projecting rictional feeding surface adjacent thereto, of a spring-pressed roller arranged to coninto the mail-piecc iy the time it is tact Ywith said leerlingv surface, means 'tor suj'iportingi' said inail-pieces liatwise with the forward end ol' the lowerniost piece in con'- tact with said feeding surface, separating mechanism, a timing stop in advance of said separating 1neclninisnn= means upon said wheel for removing` said stop at a predelerw mined inter ral, an ecccntiic mounted upon a horizontal axis above the portion ot said wheel upon which said die is located, an iu'ipression roller mounted upon said eccentric, yieldingI means for rearwardly tiltiirer said eccentric and a triptinger connected ,with said eccentric and arranged to extend path.

Q. In a post-marking machine, the couibination with a wheel mounted upon a hori- Zontal axis, said wheel having a mai-hing die upon its periphery and a projecting` 'rictional feeding surface adjacent thereto separated thereiroin by a longitudinal groove, of a spring-pressed roller arranged inthe'plane of the feeding portion ot' said wheel, means for supporting inail-pieces above said wheel with the lowerinost piece in Contact with the frietional sur't'ace of its periphery, an eccentric mounted upon a horizontal axis above the die portion ot said wheel, yielding means for normally holding'said eccentric with its high point in the rear of its axis, a finger rigidly attached to said, eccentric with i'ts free end projecting into said longitudinal groove and airinipression roller mounted upon said eccentric.

8. n a post-marking machine, the conibination with a wheel having a horizontal axis, said wheelbeing divided in a planeA transverse to its axis into feeding and niark ing portions respectively one having a trictional feeding surface, and the other a die, a spring-pressed roller arranged to bear against said feeding portion, means for supporting Inail-pieces to be fed to the upper surface of said wheel, a. vertically movable spring-pressed, separator bent forwardly at its lower end at an angle to its plane ot movement, a timing stop held normally in the maihpiece path in advance ot said separator, a pvoted spring-pressed aria arranged adjacent to said die wheel, an eccentric lpivotally. mounted upon said arm above said wheel, means :tor yieldingly holding the same with its high point of eccentrieity im the rear or" its airis, an impression roier mounted on said eccen-l tric and a trip-.finger attached to said eccentric and extending downwardly into the mail-piece path.

4. ln a post-marking machine, the combination with a wheel arranged to rotate in a verticai plane, said wheel being divided in the plane of its rotation into adjacent feeding and marking" portions, one havingA a frictional feeding surface and the other i Ill() lemma L. Fxsmc. f 

